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3D Fibre: Novel moulded fibre packaging to replace fossil-based packaging
Metsä Spring is building a first-of-a-kind Muoto™ mill in Rauma, Finland for functional and safe novel packaging solutions for food and food services. Muoto™ packaging solutions are manufactured from Northern wood replacing fossil-based plastic packaging.
€85.5 m
in funding
11
years
Key numbers
About the project
Muoto™ is a new range of moulded fibre packaging aiming to replace fossil-based plastic packaging in multiple packaging applications, primarily focusing on food and food service packaging. The Muoto™ product idea has its roots in Metsä Group’s innovation company Metsä Spring, the roles of which include investing in and supporting potential innovations and technologies that find new purposes and higher value for Nordic wood.
Impact of the project:
Contributes in reducing Europe’s GHG emissions and its dependence on imported crude oil in the packaging sector; boosting Europe’s circular economy ambitions and tackling the challenges related to packaging waste.
Funding instrument Innovation Fund
Spinverse’s role
Spinverse contributed extensively to the proposal’s feasibility study, business plan and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission avoidance calculations during the intense proposal preparation phase. We also supported Metsä Group in the Grant Agreement Preparation (GAP) process.
The Innovation Fund application and Grant Agreement preparation phases are both very demanding, requiring expert teams with very special skills. Few, even big companies can alone meet these resource demands and thus, reaching out to expert organisations like Spinverse is a must. We are very pleased with the support we got from Spinverse working on the 3D Fibre project.
Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals
About the project
The LIFE Lit4Nature aims to establish a stronger, evidence-based system for biodiversity conservation and restoration across Lithuania. Major focus will be placed on strengthening the national biodiversity monitoring system, improving data collection and integration and on introducing innovative monitoring approaches to support evidence-based conservation and restoration decisions.
Impact of the project:
The project aims to boost stronger biodiversity and ecosystem recovery across Lithuania through nationwide conservation and restoration. Further, it wants to achieve better national coordination for efficient and well targeted conservation measures and their funding.
Funding instrument LIFE Programme
Spinverse’s role
Spinverse experts supported the coordinator throughout the two-stage LIFE Strategic Nature Project application process from concept note development to submitting the final proposal.
The support included workshops that brought together the proposal team to sharpen the project concept and focus the application on the most relevant and critical aspects of Lithuania's
Prioritised Action Framework for Natura 2000 and the forthcoming National Restoration Plan.
Spinverse’s strategic guidance, hands-on support and thorough quality reviews helped us focus on the critical aspects, strengthen the proposal logic and present its impacts convincingly. Their LIFE expertise gave our team confidence and contributed significantly to the proposal’s high quality and successful funding outcome.”
Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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